War, political violence fuels family violence and aggression according to new study

George Mihalcea

People exposed to war and political violence are in danger not only of developing post-trauma – they are also more likely to behave aggressively toward members of their own family, impacting all areas of children's lives even after the immediate threat of armed conflict has passed.This was discovered by Israeli and Palestinian researchers working together in a study led by adjunct faculty associate Paul Boxer of the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the University of Michigan. Boxer is an